RACISM, STRAIGHT UP: Total ugly. Team Hillary is racist and sexist. “The brown and women pundits.”

One of Hillary Clinton’s top allies wrote in 2015 that they should consider deploying “the brown and women pundits” to pressure the New York Times into giving them friendlier coverage, according to a series of private emails published by the hacking group WikiLeaks.

The Clinton campaign was particularly unhappy with the Times during the summer of 2015 as the paper reported at length on the federal investigation of Clinton’s use of an unauthorized and unsecured private email server when she worked at the State Department.

A MALE STRIPPER’S TAKE ON FEMALE SEXUALITY: “Women are about 200 times more sexual than men!” This was conventional wisdom until the 19th Century.

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MY USA TODAY COLUMN: What we’re not talking about in this election: Government Corruption, ObamaCare’s Implosion, The Ballooning National Debt. And that’s because, as Jim Treacher notes, “Modern journalism is all about deciding which facts the public shouldn’t know because they might reflect badly on Democrats.”

ABE GREENWALD: Cleaning Up Obama’s Foreign-Policy Mess.

ANNALS OF “SMART DIPLOMACY:” Why the Middle East knows not to trust the United States.

DIDN’T AL BUNDY HAVE AN EXPLANATION FOR THIS? Why Doesn’t Spending Time With Women Make Men Less Sexist?

Does spending time with men make women less sexist? Does anyone even care?

DID THE EARTH MOVE FOR YOU, TOO?: The entire continent of Australia sways (a little) with the weather.

NEWS YOU CAN USE: Have more sex, eat garlic and don’t sleep too much: the new rules for heart health.

THIS SITS POORLY WITH ALL OF HILLARY’S TALK ABOUT THE EVILS OF FOREIGN INFLUENCE ON THE ELECTION: Project Veritas, part four: How to inject foreign money into an election, starring Bob Creamer.

MY USA TODAY COLUMN: What we’re not talking about in this election: Government Corruption, ObamaCare’s Implosion, The Ballooning National Debt. And that’s because, as Jim Treacher notes, “Modern journalism is all about deciding which facts the public shouldn’t know because they might reflect badly on Democrats.”

LUXURY AND 605HP: Review: Audi S8 Plus.

FIND OUT WHAT SHE’S DRINKING AND — WELL, NO, THAT LINCOLN QUOTE DOESN’T WORK HERE. WIKILEAKS: Hillary Clinton Needed Someone to ‘Sober Her Up’ at 4:30 in the Afternoon.

THE ULTIMATE VOX.COM WORKPLACE ACCIDENT? Vox co-founder Matt Ygelsias has deleted several thousand tweets:

Gone, as Steve noted earlier, was this classic tweet from the summer of 2013:

Could it all have been an accident? Perhaps — but this tweet from 2010, which also recently vanished down the memory hole, casts a bit of doubt on that theory:

Exit quote:

Heh, indeed. And note the irony of a notorious robophobe approvingly quoting one of the most famous replicants in history. Do androids dream of deleted tweets?

HEH: New York City Tap Water Contains 11% Molly and 6% Oxycontin.

WHAT EVERYONE NEEDS: A Mercedes Luxury Pickup Truck. “Nissan-based?”

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NEWS YOU CAN USE: Your Trigger-Free Trick or Treat Guide to Halloween Costumes (Video).

FLASHBACK 1986: Donald Trump, Rosa Parks, and Muhammad Ali pose together after receiving the Ellis Island Medal of Honor.

Snopes lists the story as True, but jerks their knees hard to the left to smear Trump as a crypto-racist anyhow, just for kicks and grins.

ISIS RESISTANCE STIFFENS SOUTH OF MOSUL: That was expected. ISIS has also launched a couple of spoiling attacks.

CHANGE: “The big three bacteria of sexually transmitted diseases — chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis—are on the rise according the Center for Disease Control. A report issued last week shows that reported infections of all three increased in 2015 to an all-time high.”

ANSWERING THE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS: How often do quantum systems violate the second law of thermodynamics?

GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP: Hidden Mic Catches Chicago Cubs Star Anthony Rizzo Apologizing to MLB Umpire.

RESEARCH THAT MATTERS: Scientists have recreated an ancient mead from 2,500 years ago. “The result was smooth and pleasant – almost like a dry port, but with a minty, herbal tinge to it. It also packed an alcoholic kick.”